statistics

suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students

mental health issues are prevalent among young adults

Sometimes referred to as the “anxious generation,” today’s young people are actually much more likely to talk about mental health than their parents or grandparents. This generation is closer than ever to breaking the stigma around mental illness in a time when only 44 percent of adults—and less than 20 percent of children and adolescents—with diagnosable mental health problems receive the treatment they need.

39%of students

in college experience a significant mental health issue

50%of cases

of mental health issues begin by age 14; 75% begin by age 24

2/3of students

with anxiety or depression don't seek treatment

mental illness is treatable and suicide is preventable

Even so, many suffer in silence. Active Minds is changing that.

#2 leading cause

of death among students is suicide

280 people

decide not to go through with a suicide attempt for every person who dies by suicide

67% of college students

first tell a friend they are feeling suicidal before telling anyone else